题目内容
Almost 70 percent of Chinese middle school students have serious problems with their parents, the Beijing Morning Post quoted a survey as saying.
The survey showed 6.62 percent of the surveyed students are afraid of their parents while 13.13 percent of them dislike their parents and 56.28 percent were extremely disgusted with or even hate their parents. Only 4.75 percent of the young people surveyed said they like their parents.
The recently conducted survey among 3,000 middle school students in a Beijing district asked questions about their attitude toward their parents and family education, the paper said.
For many families, conflict between parents and children center on the student's school grades, their weight and their friends. The survey showed that parental influence over children is decreasing, the paper said.
Xiao Xiao, a third year junior middle school student is perhaps typical of most kids when she complains; "I was scolded by my mother because I didn't come first in the class in a mid-term exam."
Xiao Xiao in fact is already one of the top students in her class, the paper said, stressing Xiao Xiao's parents hope she can study at the Beijing University or even attend Harvard in the future.
Sun Yunxiao, an expert with the China Youth and Children Research Center, said "parents expect unrealistically high expectations from their children."
The research center’s own survey of parents showed about 55 percent of parents hope their children will study for a doctoral degree and 83.6 percent require their children to rank in the top 15 of their class.
Conflicts between parents and their children not only come from too high education expectations. Other causes of disconnection between parents and children are family violence, parents' old fashioned ideas, interference in a child's privacy including their choice of friends and time spent surfing the web, the paper said.
Mr. Hu, a father of a middle school student, wasn't surprised by the survey results. He says too much concern over school marks is putting tremendous pressure on families.
67. What percentage of the young people surveyed said they like their parents?
A. 13.13 percent. B. 6.62 percent. C. about 5 percent D. 56.28 percent.
68. What is the central conflict between parents and children in many families?
A. Family violence and divorce.
B. Parents’ old fashioned ideas.
C. Interference in a child’s privacy.
D. Students’ school grades, weight and friends.
69. Xiao Xiao is mentioned as an example to show that .
A. parental influence over children is decreasing.
B. one should study hard to attend Beijing University as a student.
C. Parents today expect too high from their children, which results in conflict between parents
and children.
D. today’s children spend too much time surfing the web.
70. As is indicated in the passage, .
A. Most parents require their children to be the top ones in the class.
B. More and more parents have old fashioned ideas.
C. More and more families got divorced due to the high education expectations.
D. Most parents hope their children will attend Harvard in the future.
CDCA
It is a common fear among users of Facebook and other social media around the world—how to deal with a friend request from your boss or employee.
A survey released on Thursday found that 56 percent of Americans say it is irresponsible to be friends with a boss and 62 percent say it is wrong to be friends with an employee. But 76 percent believe it is acceptable to be friends with a workplace peer,according to the survey of 1,000 people by Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility Project.
"When the roles change what do you do then? Do you unfriend someone if they have now been promoted to be your boss or if you’re now their boss,”said researcher Kelly Holland. "We get into some really sticky situations there in terms of what people will think is responsible,”she said.
When using social media at work,73 percent say it is not appropriate to update your Facebook status,82 percent say you should not upload photos,72 percent believe tweeting is wrong and 79 percent say it is not acceptable to watch online videos. Yet 66 percent say it is fine to check your personal email while at work.
“When people focus on responsibility,they know what the responsible thing is to do but whether they are doing that in practice or not is a different story,”said Holland.
Americans are split on whether companies should review the social media profiles of job candidates with 52 percent saying it is appropriate and 48 percent saying it is unacceptable. Social media can also lead to some difficult decisions when it comes to family and relationships. Sixty percent of those polled say that it is“completely acceptable" to unfriend an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend. More than 40 percent of parents believe it is irresponsible to post photos of children online. Thirty one percent monitor their children's Facebook accounts and almost 70 percent are friends with their children on Facebook or MySpace. But 72 percent limit the time their children spend on social media networks.
The poll was taken between January 12一15.
【小题1】The text is mainly about________
A.social,family and relationships. | B.ways of making friends |
C.not using social media at work | D.action of responsibility |
A.a book about face | B.an Internet site of making friends |
C.a broadcasting media | D.a newspaper or magazine |
A.thirty one percent of the parents keep watching on their children’s Fecebook accounts. |
B.Forty eight percent agree to review the social media profiles of job candidates. |
C.Eighty two percent say it isn’t appropriate to upload photos at work. |
D.Seventy six percent believe it is acceptable to be friends with employee, |
A.Defensive. | B.Critical. | C.Objective. | D.Doubtful |
In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and found the answers interesting.
One morning I got into three different taxis and announced, “Well, it’s my first day back in New York in seven years. I’ve been in prison.” Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. “Yeah, I shot a man in Reno.” I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver, “Reno? That is in Nevada?”
Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I’d just been fired. “This is America,” a Haitian driver said. “One door is closed. Another is open.” He argued against my plan to burn down my boss’s house. A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope; he refused to take me to the middle of George Washington Bridge—a $20 trip. “Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don’t worry. Take a new job.”
One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word “BANK” on it, I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.
“Let’s go across the park.” I said. “I just robbed the bank there. I got $25,000.”
“$25,000?” He asked.
“Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?”
“No, man. I work 8 hours and I don’t make almost $70. If I can do that, I do it too.”
As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
“Hey, there’s another bank,” I said, “Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?”
“No, I can’t wait. Pay me now.” His reluctance may have something to do with money—taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low—but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can’t expect unconditional support.
【小题1】. From the Ghanaian driver’s response, we can infer that ____.
A.he was indifferent to the killing | B.he was afraid of the author |
C.he looked down upon the author | D.he thought the author was crazy |
A.Because he was able to help the author to find a new job. |
B.Because he wanted to go home and relax. |
C.Because it was far away from his home. |
D.Because he thought that the author would commit suicide. |
A.The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low. |
B.The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally. |
C.The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible. |
D.The driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery. |
A.They are ready to help you do whatever you want to. |
B.they often refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves. |
C.They are sympathetic with those who are out of work. |
D.They work only for money. |
A.how to please taxi drivers. |
B.how to deal with taxi drivers |
C.the attitudes of taxi drivers towards riders in personal trouble |
D.the attitudes of taxi drivers towards troublesome taxi riders |